Weeding attachment for corn-cultivators.



. i To all whom, t may concern:

f STATES PATENT OFFICE. sanar. Ri. NELSON. or WALNUT GRovn-MiNNEsogrA.

y wElEplNG ATTAQHMNT .FO'pOBN-GULIIVA'TORS.

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Application filed May 31, 190th` Serial Hl'fasmz' Be it known that I, HENRY R. NELSON, of

Y AWalnut GrovefRedwpod county, Minnesota,

lants. 1 eaves'a row of weeds between the hills of have invented certain new and usefull Improvements in Weeding Attachments for Corn-Cultivators, of which the followingA is a.

specification. 4

In cultivating corn itis customaryr to work betweenthe rows with the teeth of the cultivator as near the hills of corn `as possible without plowing out or covering up the corn- The operation of the cultivator corn and among the plants, and it is impossible to reach these Weeds with the teeth of an ordinary cultivator.

The object, therefore, of my invention is to provide adevicecapable of attachment to any ordinarycorn-cultivator and adapted to pull or tear -up tlie weeds and level the soil around the cornplants and break' up the lumps or clods of earth without in any way .injuring the corn.

My invention consists generally in a frame adapted to besecured to the frame of a culti vator and rovided with a series of'iiexible teeth whicli rake overthe surface of the ground and the corn-hills.

Further, the invention consists in arranging these 4flexible teeth substantially in the form of a letterA, so thatthe soil and the lum s or clods of earth broken up by the teet ywill be thrown out to the side of the 4 hills and have the eii'ect of leveling the ridges part of this specification, Figpre 1 is 'a plan.

view of a corn cultivator wit my invention alpplied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of t e rear portion 'of the cultivator and attachment. l,1`ig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the cultlvator, showing the position of the weeding 4attachment thereon between the cultilatorteeth.

In the dfawings, 2 represents .the axle of the cultivator, havingwheels 3 and draftpole or tongue 4.'

5 represents drag-bars forked at their rear ends and providedwith the usual cultivatorteethl 6 and with the rearwardly-extending handles 7, one of which is broken off to allow the weeding `'attachment beneath to be seen more clearly. I have shown .the invention S'represents anArshapedjramhaving a f right-angle extension', Oriarm 9;. atits apex, provide with a depemiing. end10,which is lclamped on thedraggbar by a. suitable clam `1l. .The clampmay-beadjnsten vertical y on the drag-bar touregulatethe distance. oiA the frame 8 fronntheground. A

series of iiexible teeth 1 2 aref mounted in the frameS and have pointed ,lower ends and are slightly curved, as shown in Fig. 2, and are adapted to drag over the ground and over the corn-hills and pull and tear out the weeds that are shallowfrooted without disturbing the deepenrooted and tougher corn-plants. The teeth are arranged as indicated in Fi 1', in vsubstantially an A-shaped form, an as they pass over the hills of corn they will have a tendency to spread out the loose soil which is thrown up .by the cultivator-teeth and also break up any clods or lumps of earth which may be 1n or between the hills and which cannot be reached. by cultivator-teeth.

' I prefer to make the teeth curvedand flexible to avoid any danger of injury to the cornlants, and I also refer to arrange the teeth in the form ofthe etter A with a single tooth at the apex, so that when refuse material or clods of dirt strike the forward tooth they will slip to one side and pass from tooth to vtboth, being directed thereby away from the hills and the plants. It the teeth were arranged in a straight row at right angles to the direction of travel', the refuse and clods of dirt would be dragged over'the hills and destroy or seriously damage the plants. This objection to a weeding attachment I have entirely avoided by arranging theteeth'in the manner shown.`

In Fig. 1 l haveshown a bracket 13 secured to one ol" the drag-bars in front of the usually requires two machines to accomplish,

and by going over the field once Lam able to cultivate the corn and remove the weeds from around the hills andlevel off the ridges, and thereby effect a great saving in time and labor over the usual methol of running a IXO ' eeeos oultivaytor through the Corn and thengoing over the eld with a machine to remove the weeds from the hills.

I do not wish to oonne myself to any pertiouler size or style of oultivetor with which to use my attachment, nor to the particular manner of supporting the attachment to the eultivator, my invention consisting in the combination of the weeding attachment with the oultivaitor to perform the cultivating and weeding operation simultaneously.

I claim as my invention- A eultivetor comprising en axle having carrying-wheels and drag-bars extending rearwardly therefrom and plows carried by said bars and arranged to operate between them on each side of .e row of pleut-s, the inner plows on opposite sides of the machine being spaced apart to streddle e row of plants, in combination with n. freine lmving :ly rigid ettnolmient to one of' smid hairs :ind vertic/elly movable therewith and ol subsumtielly the width ol.E the Spire/e between seid iii-- ner plows, and :t series ol" springteeth moune ed on Said freine and rearwardly and downwardly curved therefrom and heving lower ends to Contact with the soil to brezil; up the clods and remove the weeds wilhout disturb ingr the plants.

In Witness whereof` l have hereunto set my fr 

